COMIS Spam Filter Overview & Instructions

How does the COMIS Spam Filter work?

E-mail that is considered to be spam based on its SCL score will be delivered to your Junk E-mail folder in Outlook.

E-mail that is not considered to be spam based on its SCL score will be delivered to your Inbox folder in Outlook.

Future handling of e-mails based on the sender can be managed
through the use of the Safe Senders List and the Blocked Senders List in
Outlook. Each user manages their own Safe Senders List and Blocked
Senders list.

If the following box appears click on the Please do not show me this dialog again box and click OK.

Most of the settings in the Options tab are pre-set and cannot be changed. This image shows the recommended configuration for this tab.

The Safe Senders tab allows you to view and edit the contents of your Safe Senders List. This image shows the recommended configuration for this tab. Your list will most likely contain some e-mail addresses.

The Safe Recipients tab allows you to view and edit the contents of your Safe Recipients List.

The Blocked Senders tab allows you to view and edit the contents of your Blocked Senders List.

The International tab allows you to block e-mails sent from certain countries based on the sender's e-mail address. Configuration changes to this tab are not reccomended. If you would like to block e-mail addresses from particular countries you should call the College of Medicine Help Desk at 656-7300 for support with this.

Instructions for using the COMIS Spam Filter in Outlook Web Access (OWA).